Excerpt: ...the princess's train. She has been three weeks here on a visit to the holy shrine of Hathor." "She must have committed some heavy sin," replied the other. "If she were one of us, she would have been set to sift sand in the diggings, or grind colors, and not be living here in a gilt tent. Where is our red- beard?" Uarda's father had lingered a little behind the party, for the girl had signed to him, and exchanged a few words with him. "Have you still an eye for the fair ones?" asked the youngest of the drivers ...
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Excerpt: ...the princess's train. She has been three weeks here on a visit to the holy shrine of Hathor." "She must have committed some heavy sin," replied the other. "If she were one of us, she would have been set to sift sand in the diggings, or grind colors, and not be living here in a gilt tent. Where is our red- beard?" Uarda's father had lingered a little behind the party, for the girl had signed to him, and exchanged a few words with him. "Have you still an eye for the fair ones?" asked the youngest of the drivers when be rejoined the gang. "She is a waiting maid of the princess," replied the soldier not without embarrassment. "To-morrow morning we are to carry a letter from her to the scribe of the mines, and if we encamp in the neighborhood she will send us some wine for carrying it." "The old red-beard scents wine as a fox scents a goose. Let us encamp here; one never knows what may be picked up among the Mentu, and the superintendent said we were to encamp outside the oasis. Put down your sacks, men! Here there is fresh water, and perhaps a few dates and sweet Manna for you to eat with it. "Man" is the name still given by the Bedouins of Sinai to the sweet gum which exudes from the Tamarix mannifera. It is the result of the puncture of an insect, and occurs chiefly in May. By many it is supposed to be the Manna of the Bible. But keep the peace, you two quarrelsome fellows-Huni and Nebsecht." Bent-Anat's journey to the Emerald-Hathor was long since ended. As far as Keft she had sailed down the Nile with her escort, from thence she had crossed the desert by easy marches, and she had been obliged to wait a full week in the port on the Red Sea, which was chiefly inhabited by Phoenicians, for a ship which had finally brought her to the little seaport of Pharan. From Pharan she had crossed the mountains to the oasis, where the sanctuary she was to visit stood on the northern side. The old priests, who conducted the service of the Goddess, had received the...
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EBERS, Georg. UARDA: A ROMANCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT. Translated from the German by Clara Bell. NY: American Book Exchange, 1881. 12mo., decorative blue cloth; 387 pages. Later Edition. Very Good (little wear covers; contents clean & tight with ink name, dated 1881, on the front endpaper). $35.00.
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